Jordan Rakei - Unguarded (Single)

Credit: Joseph Bishop

We are beyond spoilt here as Jordan Rakei releases his 4th and final single ‘Unguarded’ from his new album ‘What We Call Life’ is out on 17th September on Ninja Tune

‘Unguarded’ catapulting into the stratosphere of wondrous experimental soul. Sonically beautiful as you get encapsulated in the textures of this track. This instrumentation mixed with delicate parts of Jordan’s voice when he sings the chorus. This track needs to win a Grammy period.

“Unguarded is one of my favourite songs I’ve ever made,” commented Jordan. “It just came out so naturally for me. From the creation of the music with my friends in Wales, to the lyric writing. It’s a song about meeting my wife and having someone to completely be myself with.”

“What We Call Life” is Jordan’s most vulnerable and intimate album to date. Something that he attributes to listening to singer-songwriters like Laura Marling, Scott Matthews, Joni Mitchell, and John Martyn while writing his new record. “Their lyrics are usually very honest, and sometimes not even ambiguous,” he says. “I was jealous of how open they were, when my stuff in the past had been more like commentary.”

Besides being a lyrical step forward, ‘What We Call Life’ expands Rakei’s sonic vocabulary too. While the heart of the record will be familiar to fans of his neo-soul and hip-hop-infused work, here Rakei dives deeper into his sound world, merging electronic with acoustic, and rugged grooves with ambient atmospheres, to create something richer, more detailed, and more textural than before.

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